Fertilizers can sustainably enhance agriculture for improving nutrition and health, said the participants of the second seminar in the lead-in series for the 2020 conference. Luc Maene of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA), Tom Bruulsema of the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI), and Ross Welch from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) explored both the potential opportunities and major challenges for using fertilizers and other technologies to positively affect agriculture, health, and nutrition.
Archives for November 2010
Understanding the interactions between agriculture and health
Per Pinstrup-Andersen and Robert Bos
During the first lead-in policy seminar for the conference, Per Pinstrup Andersen of Cornell University and Robert Bos of the World Health Organization examined opportunities to strengthen the linkages between the agriculture and health sectors. The speakers emphasized the need for a paradigm shift within research and policy, calling for the sectors to step out of their “silos.” Only with the power of inter-sectoral cooperation, they insisted, can we improve global health. read more
Agriculture and Health – Comments by Robert Bos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV8MhINKvN8
Robert Bos, Coordinator, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Health, World Health Organization, discusses the interactions between agriculture and health.
Agriculture and Health – Comments by Per Pinstrup Anderson
Per Pinstrup Anderson, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, Cornell University, discusses the interactions between agriculture and health.
